Healthy Communities Coalition schedules spring lineup

The Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey counties has scheduled its spring lineup of special speakers for the public meetings held on the second Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Silver Springs Community Center, 2945 Ft. Churchill Road.

Each meeting also includes resource sharing, updates and discussion on issues of regional importance such as health and wellness, substance abuse prevention and recovery, education, workforce development, etc.

On Thursday, Northern Nevada HIV Outpatient Program Education Services staff will describe their outreach services on HIV prevention, education and counseling. The HOPES group will offer free HIV testing at the annual Wellness Fair in Silver Springs on May 7 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The meeting also will include further development of a regional youth violence prevention action plan.

The program for May 12 will be Tobacco Cessation Helpline: Nevada Tobacco User's Helpline staff will explain their outreach to help Nevadans with tobacco cessation. The Helpline is a free telephone service - people who enroll in services at the Helpline are five times more likely to successfully quit tobacco than those who try to quit on their own.

For more information, call 287-7598 or 246-7550.